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INDONESIA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 30, 2014
Aviation experts speculate AirAsia plane hit by bad weather but also note unusual factors
The disappearance of an AirAsia jetliner while flying over the Java Sea on Sunday is probably due to stormy weather, but there were also some unusual factors, aviation experts speculated Monday.
WORLD
Dec 30, 2014
Indonesia seeks U.S. help to find missing plane: State Deptartment
Indonesia has asked the United States for help in locating the AirAsia jet that went missing on Sunday carrying 162 people, the U.S. State Department said Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 29, 2014
Sharia law forces gays into hiding in Indonesia's Aceh
Overwhelmed by fear, members of the main gay rights group in the Indonesian town of Banda Aceh started burning piles of documents outside their headquarters in late October, worried that the Sharia police would raid them at any moment.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 26, 2014
Indonesia's famed 'tsunami boy' chases dream of professonal soccer
Martunis was 8 when he was found alive, stranded in a swampy area near the beach, 21 days after a giant tsunami hit and devastated Indonesia's northern province Aceh on Dec. 26, 2004.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 21, 2014
10 years on, tsunami warning stumbles at the 'last mile'
In April 2012, Indonesia's Banda Aceh, the city worst hit by the tsunami that killed nearly 230,000 people on Dec. 26, 2004, received a terrifying reminder of how unprepared it was for the next disaster.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2014
Japan eyes providing patrol boats to Indonesia to fight piracy
Japan is arranging to provide patrol boats to Indonesia to support its fight against piracy, government sources said Wednesday, a move seen as part of efforts to assist Asian countries to boost their security capabilities in the face of China's maritime assertiveness.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2014
Indonesia, Thailand: rising and falling stars
At the moment, no spot on our troubled planet offers a better illustration of the dynamic of citizen participation in politics than Southeast Asia, with triumphant Indonesia and tragic Thailand.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 13, 2014
Indonesia rescuers dig for scores missing in deadly mudslide
A landslide destroyed a remote village in Indonesia, killing at least 17 people, an official said on Saturday as rescuers used their bare hands and sticks to search through the mud for scores of missing in the absence of heavy lifting equipment.
WORLD
Dec 12, 2014
Indonesia English daily's top editor faces blasphemy probe over cartoon
Indonesian police on Thursday declared the editor-in-chief of a prominent English-language daily newspaper a suspect in a blasphemy case over the publication of a caricature purporting to criticize violence inflicted in Iraq by a jihadist group known as the Islamic State.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 4, 2014
Millions may rally for higher pay in Indonesia
Indonesia's capital girded for a potential turnout of millions of protesters asking for a bigger increase in minimum wages in the world's fourth-most-populous nation, a test of President Joko Widodo's pro-business image.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 25, 2014
Elderly Japanese man allegedly carrying methamphetamine arrested in Indonesia
A Japanese man has been arrested in Indonesia for allegedly carrying methamphetamine, police said, in a country where smuggling drugs can be punished by death.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2014
Japanese docs trying to stop all asbestos use in Asia
Japanese doctors are stepping up efforts to help Asia's developing economies stop using asbestos, sharing knowledge bitterly learned in Japan about the serious and fatal illnesses caused by the material that was used in abundance during the postwar economic boom through the 1970s.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2014
Japan, Indonesia launch greenhouse gas emission trade
The government has adopted a plan to offer Indonesia energy-saving technology in a trade for greenhouse-gas emission rights, the Environment Ministry said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 16, 2014
A step backward in Indonesia
The old guard in Indonesia may have lost the fight for the presidency in July, but in the late night hours of the last legislative session, they consolidated their control over local and provincial elections by changing the voting procedures.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2014
Visa requirements eased for Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam
The central government has relaxed visa requirements for visitors from Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2014
Consultants plead guilty to bribing Asian officials over ODA
The former president of a Tokyo-based consulting firm and two others connected with the company pleaded guilty on Wednesday to bribing officials in Vietnam, Indonesia and Uzbekistan to gain favor for Japanese-funded railway projects in those countries.
COMMENTARY / World / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 20, 2014
Jokowi's victory brings high hopes and challenges
In July, Joko Widodo, universally known as Jokowi, won a decisive victory in Indonesia's presidential elections. Even before assuming office in October, he faces extravagant expectations in a nation that has endured mercurial (Sukarno), repressive (Suharto) and feckless (B.J. Habibie, Abdurrahman Wahid,...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2014
Strong leaders in an increasingly fragile Asia
Stronger leaders are finally in place in fragile Asia — leaders who can deliver domestic reform and economic growth. But if these leaders assert their strength against each other or vis-a-vis the U.S. over security matters, regional stability could be upended.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2014
Jakarta tiptoes around issue of gas-rich islets
The word "sleepy" could have been invented for Ranai, the largest town in Indonesia's remote and sparsely populated Natuna archipelago.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 19, 2014
Asia's budding reform trinity
Three of Asia's most populous countries — China, India and Indonesia — are poised to enter a historical sweet spot, as their respective leaders build a reputation as one of his country's greatest modern reformists.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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